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Gleig Rev. [George] R[Obert]

The Story of the Battle of Waterloo. from authentic Sources. BRIGHT, CRISP COPY IN MAGDALEN BINDING

John Murray, 1907

207,00 €

Island Books

(Devon, Royaume-Uni)

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Détails

Année
1907
Auteur
Gleig Rev. [George] R[Obert]
Éditeurs
John Murray
Thème
military, napoleonic wars, napoleon, waterloo, wellington, magdelan college, george robert gleig, bindings
Langues
Anglais

Description

8vo., with portrait frontispiece, 3 plates and folding map, title lightly browned, wanting blank preliminary; strongly bound in burgundy full calf, sides framed in blind, upper board with arms of Magdalen College surmounting initials 'S.F'., all in gilt, back with flat bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with black leather label framed and lettered in gilt, all other compartments framed in blind, doublures framed in blind, marbled endpapers, upper joint mildly rubbed with short split (but binding entirely sound), a very good, bright, crisp copy. Bright copy of a much-needed reissue of the original edition of 1847. Arguably the best of the mid-Victorian accounts of the battle. VERY SCARCE. Sandler 1451.